Keir Dullea

When the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge opened in 1928, it debuted as a full-fledged suburban movie palace meant to rival the grandest theaters in the Chicago area.

Now owner Dino Vlahakis plans to celebrate the theater's 90th anniversary with an upgrade designed to keep it special in the future. Namely, a new screen that will be four times the size of the already sizable screen in the Pickwick's main auditorium.

"It's almost going to be like having an IMAX theater in Park Ridge," Vlahakis said. "Not quite, but close."

The installation of the new mega movie screen is scheduled, with crossed fingers, to debut in May with the new Avengers movie...

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